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Vag cut quite a figure, standing there, leaning on the mantel, holding a tall glass of his favorite liqueur and blowing thin streams of smoke into the musty air of his digs. It was a satisfying sight, thought Vag, as he contemplated himself. Almost completely pre-war, normal times, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 8/16/1946 | See Source »

Tough of mind, weak of body, he rested when he could, which was not often. His retreat was a modest cottage on Long Island, where he lolled around in a linen cap and pastel-colored beach robe. There, last week, in the small cottage, Sidney Hillman suffered a heart attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: End of Strife | 7/22/1946 | See Source »

In Washington last week to sell Argentina's case was Perón's special representative, General Carlos von der Becke. The Argentine ex-Chief of Staff, who had backed the Nazis to win World War II, now asked for U.S. arms to bring Argentina's fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE,PARAGUAY,ARGENTINA: A Pistol for Panchito | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

The Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin rested on his oars and gazed with tired satisfaction over the Kennebec River valley. He had rowed 20 miles upriver. There, he decided that June day in 1818, was an ideal site for his Maine Literary and Theological Institution.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Little Imprudent | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

Beside a pyramidal concrete blockhouse with 10-ft. walls and a roof 35 ft. thick stood a German V-2 rocket, sleek, 46 ft. tall, bright yellow and black, with a German pin-up girl painted on its side. Its four tail-fins rested on an adjustable platform, and a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pushbutton Preview | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

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